Monday, May 09, 2011

Liberals should dump Weighted one member one vote

Fiscal necessity will likely compel the Liberals to do something that they should have done long ago, viz., get rid of their youth, seniors, women's and aboriginal peoples commissions. However, it will not end the Liberals mania for affirmative action. Indeed, although it is never I good idea to marginalize what is left of the base, finances will not compel the Liberals to dump the daft weighted one member one vote and move to one member one vote. Apparently it is not enough that urban and suburban ridings are grossly underrepresented in Parliament. The Liberals feel that they Liberal urbanites and suburbanites should also be short changed when it comes to electing a leader. I do not have access to the membership numbers, but I assume they roughly correlated with how many people voted for the Liberals in each riding . That being said, it should be stated that 260,000 people voted for the Liberals in the 13 ridings they won in BC and Ontario as compared to the 23,000 people who voted for the Liberals in the 13 ridings they lost in Saskatchewan.

In Battlefords-Lloydminster 944 people voted Liberal; the Liberal share of the vote was 3.32%

In Blackstrap 2710 people voted Liberal: the Liberal share of the vote was 6.32%

In Desnethé-Missinippi-Churchill River 1144 people voted Liberal; the Liberal share of the vote was 5.22%

In Cypress Hills-Grasslands 1870 people voted Liberal; the Liberal share of the vote was 6.35%

In Palliser 1897 people voted Liberal: the Liberal share of the vote was 5.61%

In Prince Albert 1070 people voted Liberal: the Liberal share of the vote was 3.46%

In Regina-Lumsden-Lake Centre 2555 voted Liberal: the Liberal share of the vote was 7.52%

In Regina-Qu'Appelle 1400 people voted Liberal: the Liberal share of the vote was 4.71%

In Saskatoon-Humboldt 3021 people voted Liberal: the Liberal share of the vote was 7.98%

In Saskatoon-Rosetown-Biggar 697 people voted Liberal; The Liberal share of the vote was 2.32%

In Saskatoon-Wanuskewin 2428 people voted Liberal: the Liberal share of the vote was 6.7%

In Souris-Moose Mountain 1236 people voted Liberal: the Liberal share of the vote was 4.23%

In Yorkton-Melville 2167 people voted Liberal: the Liberal share of the vote was 6.82%

In Ottawa South 25,991 people voted Liberal: the Liberal share of the vote was 44.05%